hello, this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme. plenty outside but no fans in the stadium as barcelona take a stand following referendum unrest. after their 3—0 win an emotional gerard pique threatens to retire from international football. just one day after his 20th birthday max verstappen takes top spot at the malaysian grand prix. and the united states have won their seventh successive presidents cup as they beat the international team 19—11. hello and thanks forjoining us. barcelona have continued their 100% start to the la liga season with a win over las palmas, but the game was played at an empty the decision to play behind closed doors was made by the club as a protest as joe lynskey reports. with kick off just with kick offjust 25 minutes away, the announcement was made. barcelona

would play, but the public wouldn't get to see them. the club had asked for the game to be postponed due to the controversial catalonian independence referendum. when that was refused, a decision was made to play the match behind closed doors asa play the match behind closed doors as a protest. attention already running high in the city, fans were furious. this is disrespectful. people have organised their travel and come from all corners of the world having paid for the plane tickets. this could have been agreed a long time ago. they already knew about the referendum and the match was scheduled for the same day. they knew this was happening. politics and football cannot be mixed. now we have to go back without the excitement of watching barcelona. where is our money, the money for the tickets, the travel and all the expenses involved to come here and watch barcelona?

expenses involved to come here and watch barcelona ? stop expenses involved to come here and watch barcelona? stop mixing politics and football, please. barcelona's players made their feelings known, taking to the field in training tops the colours of the cata la n in training tops the colours of the catalan flag before kick—off. when the match got under way, it was business as usual. lionel messi scored twice. seven wins out of 7a barcelona this season. unsurprisingly, evans of the pitch dominated press interviews. a supporter of catalan independence broke down. he says he is ready to stand down, describing sunday's events as the worst it professional experience of his life —— events off. it was confirmed that fans who bought tickets would be reimbursed. the mixture of football and politics won't be forgotten anytime soon. i

think we are back on track after some slight sound issues before that report. isco scored twice as real madrid beat espanyol to secure their first la liga home win of the season. the defending champions, who had failed to win three league games at the bernabeu, took the lead when isco converted cristiano ronaldo's through ball. he then curled home marco asensio's pass in the second half to seal the win which takes real up to fifth place. they are seven points off the top though. in the days other games it was raining goals all over the place, there was an eight goal thriller between real sociedad and real betis while valencia's 3—2 win over bilbao sees los che up to third. let's turn our attentions now to the english premier league, and arsenal manager arsene wenger celebrated the 21st anniversary of his arrival at the club with a 2—0 win over brighton and hove albion at the emirates stadium. nacho monreal gave the gunners the lead afterjust 16 minutes. arsenal then doubled their advantage in the second half through alex iwobi.

it's win that sees wenger‘s side move up to fifth, equal on points with fourth—placed chelsea. meanwhile liverpool endured yet another frustrating afternoon in front of goal as they were held to a 1—1 draw at newcastle. the reds once again dominating possession and creating plenty of chances, but unable to find a winner. philippe coutinho giving the away team the lead before an equaliser from joselu. jurgen klopp's liverpool side have now won just one of their last seven games in all competitions and are seventh in the premier league. while the pressure is ramping up on everton manager ronald koeman. the toffees beaten i—o at home to burnley. jeff hendrick with the only goal of the game at goodison park. everton have now lost four of their past five premier league games and sitjust two points and two places above the relegation zone.

things seem to be going from bad to worse for perrenial bundesliga winners bayern munich after their humbling 3—0 midweek defeat at the hands of paris st germain in the champions league. it precipitated the departure of manager carlo ancelotti. they let go of a two goal lead to draw 2—2 at hertha berlin led by stand—in manager willy sagnol, bayern went in front on ten minutes courtesy of a powerful headerfrom unmarked mats hummels. robert lewandowski doubled bayern‘s lead four minutes after the break, taking advantage of some weak defending. but hertha hit back almost instantly, a teasing run and cross from genki haraguchi on 51 minutes saw 0ndrej duda poke home. solomon kalou then brought the home side level. corentin tolisso guilty of failing to clear a routine free kick into the box. 2—2 it finished, bayern are now five points behind borussia dortmund at the top of the bundesliga. over in freiburg, the game against hoffenheim got out of the blocks at breakneck speed, three goals coming in four crazy minutes.

teenager robin hack scored just 14 minutes into his senior debut, but freiburg responded immediately when striker florian niederlechner equalised a minute later. turkey's caglar soyuncu then gave the hosts the lead on 18 minutes. pascal stenzel then gave them a two goal cushion on 87 minutes and despite midfielder julian schuster‘s own goal at the death, freiburg held on for theirfirst win of the season. juventus dropped points for the first time in serie a this season after letting a two goal lead slip at atalanta. the old lady drew 2—2, paulo dybala having a penalty saved, leaders napoli had earlier beaten cagliari 3—0, theyre two points clear of la juve. goals from alessandro florenzi and former manchester city forward edin dzeko helped roma to a 2—0 win over ac milan at the san siro. red bull's max verstappen has won the malaysian grand prix — as lewis hamilton extends his championship lead with a second place finish. despite starting from the back of the grid, sebastian vettel fought hard to claim fourth place and limit

the damage in the title race as nick parrott reports. on pole position with his rival sebastian vettel at the back of the grid, it was lewis hamilton's to lose. mercedes struggled for most of the weekend, and the lead lasted just three laps. max verstappen drove through with the confidence of the champion he overtook. it wasn't true troubling. sebastian vettel was. he repeatedly broke the lap record on his way to fourth place. victory was the perfect birthday present for max verstappen. however, the sebastian vettel damaged his car and it could be a problem for next weekend's race in japan. and it could be a problem for next weekend's race injapan. he extended

his championship lead to sa points. the united states have clinched a huge victory over the international team to win the presidents cup for the seventh time in a row, and 10th title overall. the americans headed into the singles matches with a 141/2—31/2 lead and needed just half a point to retain their title. kevin chappell got the half against marc leishman and, after wins forjason day and hideki matsuyama, daniel berger beat si woo kim for the outright win. the international team have not won a president's cup since royal melbourne in 1998. ireland's paul dunne shot a nine—under—par 61 on the final day of the british masters to hold off rory mcilroy and win his first european tour title. despite carding his lowest round of the season, mcilroy was unable to surpass the world number 192 and looks on course for only the second winless season of his career.

dunne was in a five—way tie for second heading into the final round but carded seven birdies and an eagle to win by three strokes on 20 under par at close house. he sealed victory in style with this chip—in on the 18th. the cleveland indians have finished the regular season in style with a 3—1win over the chicago white sox. jay bruce got the early runs in the first inning as cleveland notched up their 102nd victory of the season — that's their second—highest win total in franchise history. the american league division series gets under way on thursday. they await the winner of tuesday's wild card playoff between the new york yankees and the minnesota twins. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye.

hello there. we had some warmer air for a while on sunday, 20.5 degrees. but we're not going to see those sort of temperatures for a while, because there is air coming down as the wind changes direction to a north—westerly. winds a feature of the weather already. strengthening around the base of the deep area of low pressure that is close to scotland. not only are we seeing winds picking up, but blowing a whole host of heavy, squally showers. wind gusts could be an issue in the morning. possibly some travel disruption, 50 mph gusts around the pennines and perhaps even 60 mph up into scotland. some quite windy weather in the morning in particular. this is probably the peak of the winds across these areas.

lots of showers as well. winds easing, showers slowly ease as well. further south, some sunshine before clouding over in the afternoon. we may see some rain in the southwest. here is the picture on monday afternoon. by then, the strongest winds in the far north—east and scotland, a speckling of showers, not as bad as early in the day. drier to the east of the pennines, some gusty winds. more high clouds building in further south. the thickness of the cloud in the south—west, not far from south wales, rain. this really is from ex—hurricane maria, not having a big impact. mostly scooping out into the english channel. pressure building overnight, skies were clear.

as we head into tuesday, north—westerly wind. not as windy as monday. not as many showers. lighter and probably starting to blow in a bit more cloud. temperatures a degree or two lower than on monday. we had high hopes for this area of high pressure, hoping it would build across the uk. getting squished by these more active weather systems racing in from the atlantic. finding high pressure in the south, lower pressure across the north. gusty winds to the east of higher ground. wettest weather over the hills in western scotland. some rain for northern ireland, most of england and wales should be dry with some sunshine. that rain in the north pushing south for a while. heavy rain close to that area of low pressure on the front itself, but then the weather front moves its way south. as it does so, it weakens. the rain gets stretched out and very much lighter in southern areas through the day. behind it, north—westerly winds, again chilly, but it should be drier with some sunshine.

welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: the authorities in catalonia say 90% of those who voted backed independence from spain, after a day of violent clashes with police. police in canada arrest a somali refugee suspected of stabbing a police officer and injuring four pedestrians in edmonton, alberta. two women, charged with killing the estranged half—brother of the north korean leader, go on trial in malaysia. the uk's fifth largest airline, monarch, fights for its future in the holiday business after worries about its finances.